Subjects unto the Same King Indians, English, and the Contest for Authority in Colonial New England

Name: Subjects unto the Same King Indians, English, and the Contest for Authority in Colonial New England
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ISBN: 9780812219081

ISBN-10: 0812219082

ISBN-13: 9780812219081

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jenny Hale Pulsipher

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Land ownership was not the sole reason for conflict between Indians and English, Jenny Pulsipher writes in Subjects unto the Same King, a book that cogently redefines the relationship between Indians and colonists in seventeenth-century New England. Rather, the story is much more complicated--and much more interesting. It is a tale of two divided cultures, but also of a host of individuals, groups, colonies, and nations, all of whom used the struggle between and within Indian and English communities to promote their own authority.As power within New England shifted, Indians appealed outside the region--to other Indian nations, competing European colonies, and the English crown itself--for…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 11/7/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Jenny Hale Pulsipher teaches history at Brigham Young University.



Note on the Text


Introduction



Models of Authority



Massachusetts Under Fire



Years of Uncertainty



Allies Fall Away



The "Narragansett War"



A Perilous Middle Ground



Massachusetts's Authority Undermined



A Crisis of Spirit



Massachusetts Fights Alone



Surrendering Authority


Epilogue



League of Peace Between Massasoit and Plymouth


List of Abbreviations


Notes


Bibliography


Index


Acknowledgments